Monday, 31 January 2011

Banksy is one of my idols for sure. He sees art, politics and our everyday life from a very creative and singular perspective. He's a genius to me.

Back to the film: if you enjoy street art (or just art) you really have to find the time to watch it. It gives us a valuable lesson and makes us think how we see art and how we choose who is good and who is not. What's the big difference, can you tell? I don't...

Look to Pollock's paints, anyone would pay millions to have an original at his home. Well, not me. I see non-sense and no technique in the so-called action painting, it's just...nice. Or the 4'33'' by John Cage: I would be outraged if I payed for a concert where I only listened what was around me. Was his intention to make us be aware of what's happening around us and not being so selfish or materialistic? There are better ways to do that...

What is art to you?

P.S. Yesterday I tried to do the latte art, as I promised. And then I realized it's a difficult technique to master so I didn't take any pictures. I'll try harder next time, I promise.

Saturday, 29 January 2011

What Tereza Anton and Hank Moody have in common? A typewriter. Which reminds me a child story: mine; and I want to share it with you.

When I was little I loved to visit my father at his work, because there I could use his typewriter and imagine silly stories or just type, type, type. The sound of the fingers hitting the keys was inspiring and pushed me to write word after word. And when I heard the sound of the carriage tinkling... it was amazing.

Friday, 28 January 2011

Hummm... It's so good to wake up with a cup of coffee, taste its dark flavour and smell its sweet perfume... And it's even better when we see art on it!

Coffee is already a pleasure for itself, it only needs the art to make it, but it's always fascinating to see creative people. So, today, I will present you some coffee art (with recipes you can try at home) and coffee cup designs. I hope you'll like it!

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Packaging is the science, art and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use. Packaging also refers to the process of design, evaluation, and production of packages. Packaging can be described as a coordinated system of preparing goods for transport, warehousing, logistics, sale, and end use. Packaging contains, protects, preserves, transports, informs, and sells. In many countries it is fully integrated into government, business, institutional, industrial, and personal use.

This is what Wikipedia tells us, which is quite accurate for the average person. But not to designers.

The designer always wants to send a message. Packaging needs to be aesthetically agreeable, to stand out the best features of the product and surpass all the others around.

In my opinion packaging should be made like something to treasure. We're giving a bonus to the consumer for buying our brand, our product, our service and that's why he buy it: to get something more. I know I keep the most creative (or just beautiful) packages I see on the market. Want to see?